Alessandra Malito

Alessandra, also known as Ali, covers financial adviser technology for InvestmentNews. Ali was born and raised in New York, and is a recent graduate of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism where she received a master's degree with a concentration in business journalism. She first started writing for professional publications at 15 years old for a local newspaper. Throughout college and grad school, she worked as a freelance reporter and her byline has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times' Lens blog, NBCNews.com and Newsday.com. When she’s not thinking up story ideas or immersing herself in all things tech, she can be found cooking up family favorites, crafting with her sewing machine or running 5K’s. You’ll almost always find her with a coffee cup in hand.

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Without data standardization, advisers miss opportunities
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 17, 2015
Without data standardization, advisers miss opportunities

Merrill Lynch nabs $1.3 billion UBS team
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 15, 2015
Merrill Lynch nabs $1.3 billion UBS team

The carousel of wirehouse advisers continues to spin.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 15, 2015
Betterment encourages investing excess cash with new automatic feature

SmartDeposit pulls funds from clients' accounts based on a predetermined minimum balance and automatically invests them in ETFs.

Financial planning platforms target Social Security benefits data for online integration
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 15, 2015
Financial planning platforms target Social Security benefits data for online integration

Financial Engines, Betterment among automated investment services aiming to let their clients use information to inform retirement planning.

How much should advisers charge for a brand-new robo offering?
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 15, 2015
How much should advisers charge for a brand-new robo offering?

Thinking through pricing structure is an important part of the process when implementing an automated investment service .

Morningstar, Riskalyze team up to integrate adviser programs
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 14, 2015
Morningstar, Riskalyze team up to integrate adviser programs

Advisers who use both companies' software will gain automatic data synchronization across the two platforms.

Wealthfront sparks robo price war, drops account minimum to $500
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 14, 2015
Wealthfront sparks robo price war, drops account minimum to $500

The combative robo-adviser takes a shot at competitors for their fee structures.

Advisers can use the web to facilitate after death-planning talks with clients
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 13, 2015
Advisers can use the web to facilitate after death-planning talks with clients

Websites exist for gathering documents and preserving key information, sparking adviser-client conversations about planning for the inevitable.

HBO's 'Ballers' and its star, 'The Rock,' play fast and loose with the financial advice industry
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 10, 2015
HBO's 'Ballers' and its star, 'The Rock,' play fast and loose with the financial advice industry

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays a retired football player turned money manager trying to win professional athletes as clients.

Cetera taps Broadridge for adviser-focused mobile app
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 07, 2015
Cetera taps Broadridge for adviser-focused mobile app

Crux of the platform is to enable advisers to bolster client relationships while on the go.